+ /* On systems with drive letters, `a/b:c' must return `./b:c' rather
+ than `b:c' to avoid confusion with a drive letter. On systems
+ with pure POSIX semantics, this is not an issue. */
+ if (FILE_SYSTEM_PREFIX_LEN (base))
+ {
+ char *p = xmalloc (length + 3);
+ p[0] = '.';
+ p[1] = '/';
+ memcpy (p + 2, base, length);
+ p[length + 2] = '\0';
+ return p;
+ }